Jaspersoft Reaches Out to the Open Source Community

September 9, 2011

Dr. Dobb’s examines “Jaspersoft’s Open Source BI Knowledge Center.” Called Self-Service Express, the new subscription service grants access to product documentation, the Jaspersoft Customer Knowledge Base, and the enterprise-search-powered repository of Jaspersoft technical information. The service itself will run from $99 to $399/ month, but the content is all freeware. Writer Adrian Bridgwater explains,

Self-Service includes tips and tricks, code samples, and best practices. Developers focused on BI tool construction will be able to use Jaspersoft’s enterprise search service to explore technical information including product documentation and knowledge base materials, as well as other resources found at Jaspersoft.com and JasperForge.org.

Jaspersoft supplies clients with business intelligence (BI) software, with an emphasis on keeping up-to-date. The company focuses on such current concerns as cost sensitivity, refined user interface experiences, Cloud computing, and getting the most out of Big Data.

This service is one-of-a-kind, claims the enterprise. Jaspersoft Senior Analyst Jay Lyman says the company hopes the project will help them draw new customers from the open source community. Sounds like a good strategy to me.

Cynthia Murrell, September 9, 2011

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